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Resources:
Women-Specific General Business Government Tools
Center for Women's Business Research is the premier source of knowledge about women business owners and their enterprises worldwide. The Center's mission is to unleash the economic potential of women entrepreneurs by conducting research sharing information and increasing knowledge about this fast-growing sector of the economy.
Proven Strategies and Corporate Perspectives: Methods that Work for Creating Corporate Clients, A Resource Guide for Women Business Owners
Mid-Hudson Women's Network is a member organization of about 200 women, which meets monthly in Orange, Ulster and Dutchess Counties. This group provides a wonderful opportunity for women to network with each other. MHWN is a not-for-profit organization which does not do any advocacy or fund-raising. Most of their meetings are on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. Each meeting generally includes a dinner and speaker(s) of interest. Occasionally MHWN has strictly networking opportunities.
Womenbiz.gov:
This web site is organized to target the five specific stages that a woman business owner should go through as she begins to explore whether the federal government is the right customer for herWomensradio a nice compendium of women's resources including a listing of women's organization
SBA's Office of Women's Business Ownership
Mid Hudson Region Small Business Development Center
Information and seminars on business planning, sources of funding, developing a marketing
plan, and complying with licensing and regulations.Web Marketing Info Center
You'll find links to thousands of on-line articles about effective Web marketing and to on-line resources for businessAbout.com's Small Business Channel can point you to a world of resources and beyond
Morebusiness.com
Sample business plans, etc.Franklin Covey Effectiveness Zone
Library of articles & useful info for time management, productivityIRS Small Business/Self Employed Site
Information, tutorials, news, forms and resourcesNYS Small Business Development Center
Assitance-finding finances, business plans, marketing, etc.NYS Governor's Office of Regulatory Reform:
Permits process, rules & regulations for all types of businessesDutchess County Economic Development
Local assistance-loans, employees, tax incentivesUlster County Development Corporation
Local resources-loans, finding employees, tax incentives, etc.
Tools:
Read Please: Software that lets your computer talk. There's an easy-to-use free version that's great and a heavy duty paid version that includes a browser toolbar. Use the free version whenever your are writing or proofing a document. Just copy your text and paste it into Read Please.
Mind Tools outlines important life and career skills in easy to understand language. Learn personal effectiveness, goal setting, and stress management. Further, discover techniques that improve creativity, assist problem solving, organize time and deadlines, and improve your memory.
Cogitum C-Citer an invaluable free tool for capturing text when surfing the net. It captures the selected text, its Internet address, its title and date of adding to the collection, lets you note your comments and store it all folders of your choice. A must-have if you research anything.